The Art Of Breaking Character (Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Ian McKellen) - Extras

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  • @alexcrocker5329
    @alexcrocker5329 3 роки тому +186

    Watching bloopers is the quickest way for me to boost my mood. Ricky Gervais never fails to crack me up 😂

  • @hamishallan4723
    @hamishallan4723 5 років тому +643

    The inability to stop laughing is one of life's bittersweet pleasures!

    • @alex561
      @alex561 4 роки тому +10

      well said. totally agree

    • @dannyboy_dannyboy8274
      @dannyboy_dannyboy8274 3 роки тому +4

      Totally agree my man 😂 😆 😹 . . . . . . . !!!!!!!

    • @av_8596
      @av_8596 2 роки тому +5

      Write that down; that's a quote for the ages!

    • @Terry-l5l
      @Terry-l5l 3 місяці тому +2

      Ha ha it actually gives you a natural high you always feel good after you have had a proper laugh

    • @-Expert-Everything-
      @-Expert-Everything- 11 днів тому +1

      Usually learned in the head masters office with two or three friends.

  • @davidb5173
    @davidb5173 3 роки тому +510

    You can tell Cheggers was a lovely man. I told him a cheesy joke on Twitter once and he took the time out to DM me saying it made him laugh. Such a sad loss

    • @dash1141
      @dash1141 2 роки тому +13

      Tell us the joke!

    • @MartyJackson
      @MartyJackson 4 місяці тому +3

      I’m went for a meeting with his brother once - he was a cool dude too

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa 4 місяці тому +7

      Wait .... he's dead ????

    • @jjlacey1970
      @jjlacey1970 4 місяці тому +4

      @@jedaaa yes he died on the 11th of December in 2017 aged 60 years old

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa 4 місяці тому +9

      @@jjlacey1970 fuck!!!
      I was never interested in him before he was on extras ( when are game show hosts ever interesting .. ( escl8ding Micheal Barrymoore and John Leslie )
      But I was impressed with him in this!!
      He was brutal with himself all so other people could have a laugh at his image ..

  • @MikePriceUK
    @MikePriceUK 3 роки тому +135

    Keith was a friend, we knew him for years. Great chap, great sense of humour, so sad what happened. Still miss him…

    • @Revelian1982
      @Revelian1982 4 місяці тому +1

      I can imagine. He seemed like a truly decent man.

    • @gavinkaylhem8038
      @gavinkaylhem8038 4 місяці тому +4

      His nephew is in
      People do Nothing.
      A great sense of humour must run in the family 🎉😊

    • @user-vd9qi1jz5j
      @user-vd9qi1jz5j 4 місяці тому +3

      @@gavinkaylhem8038is beats really his nephew?

    • @peaceLove1988
      @peaceLove1988 4 місяці тому

      ​@@user-vd9qi1jz5j Yes

    • @dylanevans2498
      @dylanevans2498 3 місяці тому

      He said you had a fat arse

  • @karenmcginley3529
    @karenmcginley3529 3 роки тому +105

    This series is utter genius. It tackles every single subject in life. It so poignant and beautiful but always done with the immense platform of humour . Completely outstanding x

    • @kdsgirly5573
      @kdsgirly5573 3 роки тому +1

      Don’t like the forced bloopers though. It’s overkill.

    • @hmq9052
      @hmq9052 3 місяці тому

      It's poor

    • @RebornAudio
      @RebornAudio 3 місяці тому

      @@kdsgirly5573How are these blooped forced?

    • @bengraham878
      @bengraham878 3 місяці тому +1

      @@hmq9052 what do you think is good?

  • @reneeknook6591
    @reneeknook6591 3 роки тому +72

    They mentioned this on the graham Norton show and now I’m crying laughing 😂 thanks tv thanks

  • @Real_vizion
    @Real_vizion 2 роки тому +29

    The one with Kieth chegwin had me in stitches 😂I couldn’t have sat that close to him without laughing like Ricky either 😂

    • @w8m4n
      @w8m4n 2 місяці тому

      Me and my mate tried for years to do it without laughing, never succeeded

  • @gbrot001
    @gbrot001 3 роки тому +74

    In addition to be being hilarious, this is a legitimately amazing featurette. These are all well-respected and genuinely talented people offering insight into what it's like filming the absurd and how truly difficult it is! Also, it's a bloody riot. 🤣

  • @mrmusikman8298
    @mrmusikman8298 5 років тому +220

    I swear, if i need a good laugh all i need to do is watch some Ricky Gervais or some of his bloopers.

  • @OlafProt
    @OlafProt 4 місяці тому +93

    Extras really is exceptional. I don't think it gets the recognition it deserves these days (it did at the time) just because it's overshadowed historically by Ricky and Stephen's preceding programme. The final episode of Extras is extraordinary.

    • @hmq9052
      @hmq9052 3 місяці тому

      It's poor. The Bowie one was awful

    • @johnh67
      @johnh67 3 місяці тому +2

      I totally agree .. my opinion some if his best work

    • @flitzy007
      @flitzy007 2 місяці тому +4

      I watch the entire series every year. It's my favourite of all his work. The last episode I often watch when I need some feel-good

    • @MrHuggah
      @MrHuggah Місяць тому +1

      Its all the brilliant guest acts that i really enjoyed with extras

    • @dionysus7653
      @dionysus7653 Місяць тому +2

      I always preferred it to The Office

  • @headphonic8
    @headphonic8 2 роки тому +10

    Oh the worst thing about corpsing becomes the anticipation! After the first two times, you know the funny line or moment is coming up and you're practically dying laughing before you even get to it! It makes it so impossible. I've also tried the running around to kind of burn off the energy

  • @MrDanielvass
    @MrDanielvass 3 роки тому +90

    When Ian McKellen says “bollocks” in that posh voice 😂😂

  • @TruthJuice
    @TruthJuice 2 роки тому +6

    In other words greatest job ever. I'm so glad I had HBO and saw these as they were releasing each episode.

  • @abc3631
    @abc3631 4 роки тому +35

    It is miraculous that they even get anything done

  • @joeclark6413
    @joeclark6413 3 роки тому +11

    Some of the situations in extras are just so unbelievably silly I would be on the floor in tears trying to do these scenes

  • @spadeghostvampire7777
    @spadeghostvampire7777 5 років тому +43

    I love it when they laugh hysterically while breaking character especially when talking dirty. They are human beings after all. You know people would probably pay a moderate amount of money to see these kind of dirty outtakes in a complimation video sold on DVD.

  • @ryanjonestownmassaker5943
    @ryanjonestownmassaker5943 4 роки тому +40

    Imagine trying to get through a scene with Ricky Gervais. Same with Julia on Seinfeld. Love them both.

    • @ackerjawaka1966
      @ackerjawaka1966 4 місяці тому

      The bit he does with Liam Neeson on Life's too short is hilarious, I really don't know how they got through it 😜

  • @woodrowelias9985
    @woodrowelias9985 4 роки тому +64

    i like when stephen is in head is popping out the toilet cubercle and ricky turns around and bursts out laughing when he sees him.

  • @jackjamesgodsell9586
    @jackjamesgodsell9586 6 років тому +186

    Rest In Peace Keith Chegwin.

    • @EvilKris
      @EvilKris 5 років тому +13

      ? what?
      WHAT THE FCK CHEGGERS IS DEAD?????!!

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK 5 років тому +10

      @@EvilKris I didn't realise it either, apparently Cheggers died in 2017.

    • @elbecko7969
      @elbecko7969 4 роки тому +12

      I bet Ricky watched Cheggers Plays Pop on TV in the 70s too. I remember him on the Big Breakfast in the 90s. He was always so upbeat and likeable. It's great to see how well he and Ricky gel in this. "Cheggers Plays Cock" haha!

    • @rossshepherd9836
      @rossshepherd9836 4 роки тому +4

      Pop knob in fanny.

    • @JR-wj9bh
      @JR-wj9bh 3 роки тому +3

      Is he really? I didn't even know he was sick.

  • @uwalakab
    @uwalakab 3 місяці тому +12

    This just SO PROVES how infectious laughter is. Great stuff..... 🤣 🤣 🤣

  • @simonwaugh5519
    @simonwaugh5519 2 місяці тому +2

    I loved every episode,, but I particularly loved Sir Ian McKellan explaining 'acting...it REALLY endeared him to me (rather than just admiring his talent and skill) and it's quite a revelation that he had such a hard time acting that part. Exquisitely ironic.

  • @Starkiller5121
    @Starkiller5121 4 місяці тому +3

    Ian once said on Graham Norton how much fun he had on Extras, and how much he loved the script. In his words 'the laughs just fall out'. A lot of the time you laugh because youre expecting the line at any moment.

  • @kashka1962
    @kashka1962 5 років тому +40

    Brilliant! My fav is Ian McKellan, so funny.

    • @smileyparto
      @smileyparto 4 роки тому +1

      @Tom B Still waiting for an answer?

  • @UphillGardener-ly5sh
    @UphillGardener-ly5sh 23 дні тому +1

    10:58 Chegger's reaction after finally getting it done is brilliant

  • @haunter4708
    @haunter4708 3 місяці тому +1

    I’ve never really had any desire to be an actor in any shape or form, but I would absolutely LOVE to have even been an extra on Extras (haha!).

  • @heikkisuora2500
    @heikkisuora2500 2 роки тому +6

    It's his show and he can keep paying overtime for all the actors and crew as long as he wants to

  • @oldschoolm8
    @oldschoolm8 2 роки тому +15

    If you’re an aspiring actor and you see how corpsing affects even Sir Ian bloody Mckellan, it must be quite reassuring!

  • @lourdesbaby964
    @lourdesbaby964 4 роки тому +67

    Aww,Keith Chegwin,still hard to believe 😥🙏🏼

  • @Astrithor
    @Astrithor 3 роки тому +7

    I swear, the 3rd time he says, "Ivy restaurant", the head turn he does is downright attacking! XD It's like he's bloody throwing the words out his mouth at her, DEMANDING the laugh! Lmao, what a wit.

  • @KekeElBecko
    @KekeElBecko 4 місяці тому +3

    Funny as hell, and I'm also glad that Cheggers had a fun time. He and Gervais were only 4 years apart in age, Cheggers being a child star.

  • @woodrowelias9985
    @woodrowelias9985 4 роки тому +12

    ricky's laugh cheer me right up after a bad day "morning canvirs per hahahahah!!!"

  • @TyrantOFynder
    @TyrantOFynder 4 роки тому +12

    Ricky's laugh is brilliant!!

  • @tornoofo17
    @tornoofo17 4 місяці тому +2

    That must be its own special hell - to do a scene with Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais.

  • @somma_fp
    @somma_fp 4 роки тому +9

    7:44 - it's me going towards happiness and life, and then going back to my sadness because I'm too scared to live.

  • @ministryoflies1344
    @ministryoflies1344 3 місяці тому +4

    The joy of being unable to stop smiling or laughing is becoming so rare on TV these days...

  • @mds33483
    @mds33483 9 днів тому

    Didn't know cheggers was no more.. loved him in Extras... hope more people discover this show...

  • @Sacheen81
    @Sacheen81 5 років тому +21

    These are just hilarious! I adore Ricky and Stephen!

  • @TheLman77
    @TheLman77 4 роки тому +26

    Cheggers absolute legend rip🙏🏻

    • @JR-wj9bh
      @JR-wj9bh 3 роки тому +2

      Is he really? I didn't even know he was sick.

  • @mrsimbz7023
    @mrsimbz7023 4 місяці тому +3

    Absolutely crying, thank you

  • @davewhite5901
    @davewhite5901 2 місяці тому

    I like how through the expensive art of TV making Ricky strives to click with all the people he brings on to set through corpsing and laughter. Brilliant when you connect with someone on that level and things are absurdly hilarious. Gervais pursues that silliness and the whole experience / production with and for everyone is richer for it 👌

  • @nigelclats6970
    @nigelclats6970 3 роки тому +17

    Lisa Tarbuck is awesome

  • @thesundayseshlads
    @thesundayseshlads 2 роки тому +7

    How the fuck did they ever get anything shot this is hysterical 🤣

  • @aresx666
    @aresx666 4 роки тому +8

    this might be the funniest video on youtube

  • @damir611
    @damir611 5 років тому +39

    It's same thing for me at funerals

    • @w8m4n
      @w8m4n 2 місяці тому +5

      Corpsing is the appropriate word, then

    • @lindsayfowler4780
      @lindsayfowler4780 2 місяці тому

      ​@@w8m4n😂

  • @AdamDawson1984
    @AdamDawson1984 2 роки тому +9

    I think an upside to corpsing is whenever someone loses it because of one of the minor details that remind you of the absurdity of what you're doing, you can then re-do the line and emphasize what made the other actor laugh to make the scene funnier. Of course you then have to get through it without laughing eventually.

  • @SurrealScotsman
    @SurrealScotsman 3 роки тому +6

    12:40 - Feel so bad for the extras in background, how many times they walk back and forth :D

    • @jbri1
      @jbri1 4 місяці тому +1

      Oh god yeah, walking back and forth

  • @mortyjr8433
    @mortyjr8433 3 місяці тому +3

    What was so funny about the chegwin scenes was the fact it was Chegwin and it was known he was so far away from the material he was delivering, if it was just a random guy it wouldn’t have been so funny

  • @EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE
    @EMPERORSPROTECTION-TERRA4LIFE 5 років тому +22

    I think the wank blooper got funnier and funnier

  • @dannyeglen4750
    @dannyeglen4750 3 місяці тому +2

    My wife and I met Barry (Shaun) a few years ago in my hometown. He was in the panto that year and was just milling about sainsburys doing his shopping. We walked past him and i glance at him then said to my wife thats barry from enders. She couldnt believe it as she loves enders. I turned round and just hello Shaun. He smiled and beckoned us over. My wife gushed about enders and I said you havent got that pen on you? He smiled from ear to ear, Grabbed my hand and said, No one mentions extras!!
    we left to get his shopping and as we were leaving, he was at the next til so said seeya shaun!! He said Bye Danny, Bye Liz! It was great to meet you!
    What a fucking guy!

  • @nirusuroraku6283
    @nirusuroraku6283 3 роки тому +3

    That laugh Ricky lets out at 2:23!

  • @shepski8065
    @shepski8065 3 роки тому +6

    Bazza Mr merchant and Ricky...tbh is the perfect combination... Should of put pilkington in for a few... Fantastic

  • @coldvoid
    @coldvoid 27 днів тому

    Ricky's laughter ALWAYS does that to me xDDDD

  • @ThunderChunky101
    @ThunderChunky101 Місяць тому +1

    R.I.P. Cheggerz. A true legend.
    I loved the bit when he said "I thought I'd learned not to corpse, especially with the things thsy I've seen!" - his whole career was corpsing! Haha.
    Miss the man.

  • @thornbottle
    @thornbottle 2 роки тому +6

    RIP Keith Chegwin, keep forgetting he died 4 years ago

  • @tinatina1104
    @tinatina1104 Місяць тому

    Jeez, these outtakes are killing me, lol

  • @forrestkellogg8317
    @forrestkellogg8317 5 років тому +15

    6:18 No the Balrog is crossing!!! Gandalf can’t focus.

  • @TheHoldenmcgroin
    @TheHoldenmcgroin 2 місяці тому

    How Ricky ever managed to complete filming on anything he does amazes me,...

  • @roterfuchs8201
    @roterfuchs8201 5 років тому +38

    Gervais's laugh is.....i dont know, sort of indescribable.

    • @stevemcstevens
      @stevemcstevens 4 роки тому +12

      It's like a hyena being screwed

    • @brettgreene5360
      @brettgreene5360 4 роки тому +4

      its like turning the volume button from low to Xtremly high...to the point of thier being broken glass

    • @mattvjmeasures
      @mattvjmeasures 4 роки тому +2

      You avin' a laff ? Is ee avin' a laff ?

    • @cicolasnage5684
      @cicolasnage5684 8 місяців тому +2

      It sounds like super Mario on fire.

  • @Airblazer
    @Airblazer Місяць тому

    00:34 holy shit ..that's the one from the Clive Owen sketch... I would pay for that!!!

  • @petergedd9330
    @petergedd9330 2 місяці тому

    Actually this is really what we are, this is how we are supposed to be, that laughter is coming from a place that makes us different from a rock or stone, its life, its what life really is, life is bursting with positivity, we should never try to contain it.

  • @G02372
    @G02372 4 місяці тому +1

    We all corpsed at school, uncontrollably nervous laughter knowing you are in trouble 😂

  • @Lkerrigan1
    @Lkerrigan1 3 роки тому +5

    Extras is Britain’s answer to the skit show in SNL … far superior

  • @woodrowelias9985
    @woodrowelias9985 3 роки тому +6

    I love gervais laugh is like a stress relief lol lol lol! I just waiting every scence to hear that good healthy laugh

  • @TimJapan
    @TimJapan 3 роки тому +7

    I've been in hysteria. It can even get scary.

  • @turbo8628
    @turbo8628 4 місяці тому +2

    Imagine corpsing as an actor and having ricky doing that laugh 😅

  • @him050
    @him050 4 місяці тому +1

    I'll never forget the day when a colleague and I were invited to attend the engineering apprentice's project presentations.
    So we're in this (what I would deem) overly formal presentation in this meeting room for this lad's shield project presentation. He's going through talking about the project management tools he used, the concept selection methods, Gantt charts etc. Then when he described the final design solution and talked through it, someone asked how much it would weigh, to which the lad replied "500 kilos."
    Will the second it left his lips and long before he could correct himself I snorted. Then all I could hear behind me was my friend trying his absolute hardest to stifle a laugh, which in turn made me want to burst out laughing. I can say the next five minutes were the hardest five minutes of a meeting I'd ever endured. It wasn't that funny, but it was just how it was such a facade meeting being taking so seriously, as if he was from BAE or Rheinmetall or something, then he tells us his personal shield system design weighed 500kg.
    Like why did he say 500? He couldn't have meant grams or lbs. What did he mean to say? 😂

  • @ericl9781
    @ericl9781 7 років тому +22

    5:04 that's what she said

    • @TheRuddster95
      @TheRuddster95 5 років тому +2

      Gold

    • @TheRuddster95
      @TheRuddster95 5 років тому +3

      "Comedy.. is where the mind goes, to tickle itself. That's what she said."

    • @SOPHiELAWSON
      @SOPHiELAWSON 3 роки тому +1

      5:16 that's what she said

    • @TheRuddster95
      @TheRuddster95 3 роки тому

      Think he knew it as well

    • @ericl9781
      @ericl9781 3 роки тому

      @@TheRuddster95 for sure that’s why it’s funny

  • @Dan_druft
    @Dan_druft 3 місяці тому

    I've seen this 100 times and I'm still laughing 🤣

  • @mulcibercockburn5767
    @mulcibercockburn5767 2 роки тому +2

    "pop knob in fanny" you can hear the sound of his finger rubbing against his hand

  • @sircdrom
    @sircdrom 12 годин тому

    I was corpsing throughout this entire video :'D

  • @freqeist
    @freqeist Місяць тому

    I`m literally corpsing for them now !

  • @Gatheist
    @Gatheist 4 місяці тому +1

    Extras was genius.

  • @mrwri
    @mrwri 3 роки тому +2

    Stephen: *looks at camera and throws up hands* Do you see what I have to put up with?

  • @Marwolaeth01
    @Marwolaeth01 4 місяці тому +2

    Ironically whilst watching the "Ivy Restaurant" out takes, I suddenly realised how annoying it must be for all those background extras having to constantly reset and walk into shot on queue. At some point you must be thinking "screw this".

  • @TheRobdog1990
    @TheRobdog1990 Рік тому +1

    Can't believe it's actually Tarbuck. Legend that made Horne sit on a cake corpsing on a fake sticom

  • @ComedyJakob
    @ComedyJakob 4 місяці тому

    The more pressure one is under to keep a straight face, the more easily they can be made to laugh.

  • @bobhawxwell1606
    @bobhawxwell1606 3 місяці тому

    The fact that stephen Merchant keeps his hands under the desk no matter what happens begs the obvious question .

  • @craigthornton1971
    @craigthornton1971 3 місяці тому +2

    "pop knob in fanny" 😂😂

  • @Mr.Slaughter
    @Mr.Slaughter 6 років тому +10

    SEND FOR THE MAN!

  • @imjustsomeguy72
    @imjustsomeguy72 3 місяці тому

    I can die happy knowing that Keith Chegwin probably spent hours trying to explain to Ricky that men have nobs, and women have fannies.

  • @LAJAP
    @LAJAP 3 місяці тому +1

    It is an intrusive thought that keeps winning.

  • @AndyP998
    @AndyP998 2 роки тому +2

    So funny but what i looked most was clip from legendary Mckellen

  • @robbie9fow
    @robbie9fow 4 місяці тому

    6:24 - Gervais's laugh on this one!! 😂😂😂😂

  • @Raggedy-Man
    @Raggedy-Man 4 місяці тому +1

    This is amazing 😂

  • @garywallace5602
    @garywallace5602 3 місяці тому

    Even I was sweating with laughter at the Cheggars Cock n Fanny bloopers! 😂

  • @dishanthkv7702
    @dishanthkv7702 3 роки тому +5

    Who else is here post their interview on Graham Norton 😂

  • @afitzsimons
    @afitzsimons 4 місяці тому +2

    Ashley is gorgeous.

  • @harringtonday5319
    @harringtonday5319 3 місяці тому

    Thank you:)))))))

  • @MarleneSB
    @MarleneSB 3 місяці тому +2

    Tags: Breaking Character, Corpsing, Bloopers, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Orlando Bloom, David Bowie, Daniel Ratcliffe, Harry Potter, Chris Martin, ColdPlay, Sir Ian McKellen, Gandalf, Jonathan Ross, Ross Kemp, Ben Stiller, Kate Winslet, Les Dennis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Stewart, Karl Pilkington, Funny, Try not to laugh, Cringe
    You didn't mention 'Barry from Eastenders'?!

  • @Tommo77ful
    @Tommo77ful 3 місяці тому

    Steve does a move at 5:43... Makes me think of Beeker from The Muppets.

  • @Lucy0809
    @Lucy0809 12 днів тому +1

    David Bowie was the best ❤

  • @3a2a4ve5e
    @3a2a4ve5e Рік тому +1

    I’m going to the Ivy restaurant

  • @justatrailer7807
    @justatrailer7807 4 роки тому +4

    just saw the art of breaking wind .

  • @YPTusa
    @YPTusa 29 днів тому

    Comedy GOLD.

  • @sveerdlov1917
    @sveerdlov1917 4 місяці тому +1

    In the US we have 'comedians' that breaking up during a scene, even a live show like SNL, (read Jimmy Fallon" who intentionally use it to steal scenes. A substitute for talent, but remember it's America.

  • @Mr1nv1s1ble
    @Mr1nv1s1ble 3 роки тому +4

    Find someone who looks at you the way Stephen Merchant looks at Ricky Gervais

  • @Life_Is_A...
    @Life_Is_A... 3 роки тому +1

    RIP sound guy.

  • @darrinmcneill534
    @darrinmcneill534 3 місяці тому

    Loved Keith ❤

  • @dannyboy_dannyboy8274
    @dannyboy_dannyboy8274 3 роки тому +1

    One of my favourite human beings. FACT ……. !!!!!!!

  • @awesomefrankrapid
    @awesomefrankrapid Місяць тому

    I think Daniel Radcliffe was my favourite guest star, he’s just great